hunch

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(hŭnch) pronunciation
n.
  1. An intuitive feeling or a premonition: had a hunch that he would lose.
  2. A hump.
  3. A lump or chunk: "She . . . cut herself another hunch of bread" (Virginia Woolf).
  4. A push or shove.

v., hunched, hunch·ing, hunch·es.

v.tr.
  1. To bend or draw up into a hump: I hunched my shoulders against the wind.
  2. To push or shove.
v.intr.
  1. To assume a crouched or cramped posture: The cat hunched in a corner.
  2. To thrust oneself forward.

[Origin unknown.]


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noun

  1. Intuitive cognition: feeling, idea, impression, intuition, suspicion. See thoughts.
  2. An irregularly shaped mass of indefinite size: chunk, clod, clump, gob1, lump1, nugget, wad. Informal hunk. See part/whole.

verb

  1. To stoop low with the limbs pulled in close to the body: crouch, huddle, hunker (down), squat. See high/low.
  2. To incline the body: arch, bend, bow1, hump, scrunch, stoop. See posture.


n

Definition: feeling, idea
Antonyms: proof, reality, truth

v

Definition: cower, crouch
Antonyms: stand, straighten, stretch out

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: n. - The act of bending yourself up together; An impression that something might be the case v. - Arch one's back.

Tutor's tip: A "hunch" (an intuitive sense or feeling) is in your head and a "haunch" (the hindquarter) is below your belt.

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Hunch may refer to:

  • Hunch (website), a collective intelligence decision making system
  • Hunch, an intuitive reckoning
  • Hunch, a forward bend in one's body, such as that from a crushed vertebra
  • Hunch, a parody of Derryn Hinch played by Steve Vizard on Australian television show Fast Forward
  • Hunch, a dance attributed to Hasil Adkins
  • The Hunch Backs, a mountain in Hong Kong
  • USS Hunch (SP-1197), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - krumme, bukke sammen, danne pukkel, bukle
v. intr. - krumme sig sammen, bukke sig sammen
n. - fornemmelse, anelse, intuition

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorgevoel, ingeving, wenk, bult, homp, vooroverleunen, schouders optrekken, zich voortslepen, krommen, duwen

Français (French)
v. tr. - rentrer les épaules
v. intr. - se tenir penché (à son bureau, à son travail)
n. - intuition

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gefühl, Buckel, dickes Stück
v. - sich krümmen, hochziehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υποψία, διαίσθηση, προαίσθημα, καμπούρα, ύβος, εξόγκωμα
v. - κυρτώνω, καμπουριάζω, σπρώχνω απότομα

Italiano (Italian)
presentimento, sospetto, acquattarsi, incurvare a forma di gobba

Português (Portuguese)
n. - palpite (m) (gír.), corcova (f), pedaço (m) grande
v. - curvar

Русский (Russian)
горб, сутулить, горбиться

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - encorvar
v. intr. - encorvar
n. - corazonada, pálpito, sospecha

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - föraning, puckel, tjockt stycke, intuition
v. - kröka, skjuta upp

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
弯腰驼背, 耸肩, 弓起背部, 向前移动, 隆起, 预感, 直觉, 瘤, 隆肉, 肉峰

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 彎腰駝背, 聳肩, 弓起背部
v. intr. - 向前移動, 隆起
n. - 預感, 直覺, 瘤, 隆肉, 肉峰

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 둥글게 구부리다, ~을 밀다
v. intr. - 불쑥 튀어 나오다, 몸을 굽히다
n. - 혹, 예감, 덩어리

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 予感, こぶ, 厚切れ, 虫の知らせ
v. - 丸める

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) دفع إلى الامام, حدبه أو سنام, كتله صلبه, الحس الباطني شعور حدسي قوي بأن شيئا سوف يحدث (فعل) يندفع إلى الأمام, ينحني أو يحني ظهره, يدفع إلى الأمام, يجذب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮קימר, גבנן‬
v. intr. - ‮ישב בגב כפוף‬
n. - ‮חטוטרת, תחושה, רמז, גוש‬


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